National Civic Review articles from March 2007

National Civic Review archives from March 2007

Note from the editor.
March 22, 2007... On August 15, 1894, Detroit Mayor Hazen Pingree walked into a meeting of the local school board. Frustrated by the board's noncompliance with a law regulating the awarding of district contracts, the reformist mayor advised recalcitrant board...

The 2006 Ambassadors in Education.
March 22, 2007... "I am a person driven by a cause," says Reginald Burke, principal of Spingarn Senior High School in Washington, D.C. "That cause is to help mold the lives of our young people, to help give them a sense of purpose, and prepare them for...

City leaders mobilize communities to improve public schools.(Reprint)
March 22, 2007... A recent study of five cities by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, in cooperation with the National League of Cities' (NLC) Institute for Youth, Education, and Families and the Education Policy Advisors Network,...

The political dynamics of mayoral involvement in public education.(Reprint)
March 22, 2007... Until recently, most urban mayors played a marginal role in public education. Structural and historical forces have contributed to this dominant mode of mayoral noninvolvement. The historical depiction of machine-style mismanagement of public...

The ESL Logjam: waiting times for ESL classes and the impact on English learners.(english as a second language)
March 22, 2007... Adapted from J. T. Tucker, The ESL Logjam: Waiting Times for ESL Classes and the Impact on English Learners. Los Angeles: NALEO Educational Fund, 2006. Policymakers, community and civic leaders, and social scientists--and especially...

A binding agreement: reforming The Electoral College with interstate compacts.
March 22, 2007... The Electoral College may be the single most disliked feature of the U.S. Constitution. Not many Americans believe it makes sense to elect a candidate who receives fewer votes than an opponent or to have their votes only indirectly elect the...

Health care for the uninsured: Richland County, South Carolina.
March 22, 2007... Richland Care is a coordinated health care delivery system that serves uninsured residents of Richland County, South Carolina. The goals of the system are to increase access to care and improve the overall health of its participants. Local...

Making schools work for everyone: study circles in Montgomery County, Maryland.
March 22, 2007... The Montgomery County Public Schools make up one of the largest and most diverse school systems in the United States. At the district's Rockville, Maryland, headquarters--once a segregated high school for black students--the corridors are lined...

Affordable housing in Columbus, Ohio.
March 22, 2007... Affordable housing is the cornerstone of Mayor Michael B. Coleman's administration. His vision has been to build a strong community with public-private partnerships serving as catalysts to create affordable housing units. The mayor convened a...

Planners leading the charge toward energy-efficient communities.
March 22, 2007... The traditional roles that planners have played will change rapidly as we are forced to deal with the unknown outcomes of climate change and natural resource shortages. We will no longer be the generators and managers of plans and policies but...

Election administration Snafus in Denver, Colorado.
March 22, 2007... "There is probably no phase of public administration which is today so badly handled as the conduct of elections," wrote Joseph P. Harris in the National Municipal Review in 1930. "Every election contest brings to light gross inaccuracies,...